Hame-fastener.



PATENTED SEPT. 12, 1905.

J. H. WILSON.

HAME FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED MAE.30.1905.

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JAMES H. 'WILSON, ()F DENVER, COLORADO.

HAlVlE-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 12, 19(15.

Application filed March 30,1905. Serial No. 252.938.

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Be it known that 1, JAMES H. \VILsoN, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Denver, in the county of Denver and State of Colorado, have invented new and useful Improvements in Harrie-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to hame-fasteners of the strap type and contemplates the provision of a strong and durable hame-fastener which is a material simplification of those extant, is susceptible of being quickly and easily adjusted to properly fit hames to acollar, and is adapted to securely hold hames against casual disconnection or displacement.

To the attainment of the foregoing the invention consists in the peculiar and advantageous construction hereinafter described, and specifically defined in the claims appended.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a front elevation illustrating my novel fastener as connecting the lower ends of a pair of hames. Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the fastener removed, and Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken through the fastener at one side of the ring for holding the free portion of the strap and in the plane indicated by the line 3 3 of Fig. 2 looking toward the left.

Similar letters designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings, referring to which A A are hames having the usual loops (6 at their lower ends, and B is my improved fastener. This fastener comprises a metallic hook I), designed to engage one of the loops (,4 and having an eye 0, a metallic hook (Z, designed to engage the other loop a, a bucklebody a, formed integral with the shank of the hook (I and having intermediate cross-barsfiu, an antifriction-barrel h, mounted on that end bar of the body e remote from the hook (Z, an antifriction-barrel 2 mounted on the adjacent intermediate cross-bar g of the body (2, a tongue j, pivoted to the end of the body e, which is joined to hook (Z and arranged to bear on the antifriction-barrel it, a strap k, of leather or other material suitable for the purpose, and a ring In, preferably a D-shaped ring, as shown, of metal or other suitable material.

As best shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the strap Z' is connected at one end to the eye a of the hook I) and is then passed between the antifriction-barrels it ion the buckle-body, the eye of said hook I), and between the antifriction-bal'rel on the buckle-body and the intermediate cross-barf of said bucklebody in the order named. The said strap has apertu res n for the engagement of the buckletongue j, and as the said tongue extends through a bight of the strap passed around the barrel it it follows that all strain is taken off the buckle-tongue, and hence the liability of the fastener being broken or impaired in use is reduced to a minimum.

The ring 1/) receives thelower free portion of the strap 1.- and the nextupperstretch thereof, and hence it is adapted to prevent said lower free portion from hanging and rendering the collar unsightly and this without interfering in any measure with the manipulation of said lower free portion necessary to adjust the strap. The ring m is held against casual movement from the position shown in Fig. 1 by the weight of the lower free portion of the strap, and yet said ring is adapted to be moved toward the right on said lower portion and the next upper stretch of the strap in order to permit of the lower portion being freely manipulated, as when it is desired to engage it with or disengage it from the tongue of the buckle.

In practice when my novel fastener is properly applied to a pair of hames and adjusted, as shown in Fig. 1, it is obviously adaptedto snugly hold the hames againsta collar without liability of the hames being casually disconnected or displaced. It will also be noted that the fastener is very simple, compact, and strong and that it is calculated to present a neat appearance at the lower end of a horsecollar.

lVhileI have specifically described my novel fastener in order to impart a definite understanding of the same, I desire it understood that such changes or modifications may be made in practice as fairly fall within the scope of my invention as claimed.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A hame-fastener comprising an eye having means for connecting it to one of a pair of hames, a bucklebody having means for connecting it to the other of the pair of hames and also having an end cross-bar, an intermediate cross-bar and a tongue pivoted to the main portion of the body and arranged to hear at its free end on the latter cross-bar, a strap connected at one end to the eye and passed to and between the end and intermediate crossbars of the buckle-body, to and through the eye and to and between the intermediate cross- TIO bar of the buckle-body and the main portion of said body, and arranged to be there engaged by the pivoted tongue, and having a lower ried by the second-mentioned eye for engaging and holding the strap, and a ring receiv- 5 ing the lower free portion of the strap and loosely arranged on and movable throughout the length of the next upper stretch thereof.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing wit- 2O nesses.

JAMES H. WILSON.

Witnesses:

CLAUDE M. ANDERSON, E. H. PRIEST. 

